Terminal Decline?Doubtful.The American Renaissance

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Oct 17, 2014 10:08:38 GMT -5 dothedd said:

With all of that said!


310 more days until Christmas.... 


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Go Orthodox: get six more days and
boxing day free!

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Hanukkah!!!

Oct 17, 2014 10:08:38 GMT -5 dothedd said:

With all of that said!


310 more days until Christmas.... 


www.bloomberg.com/video/markets-bounce-back-after-massive-sell-off-xf8Q7hyVTAyTFaFCHR9xwg.html  

Be on guard for sure b. The US economy is the light shining through the darkness, any stimulus talk at this point should be taken with a grain of salt. There is no better time to move away from easing than when bonds are in high demand. The GDP report at the end of Oct is why Bullard made his comment.. Not because it's bad, but because there is no more need for QE. Especially since it's a mere 10 billion a month now.(I know it's a lot still in our terms, by a far cry from where it was.) JMO..

America the Resilient

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

What's that you say? The big people on the top will have to build a solid foundation so their "empires" can grow? As suspected - Wal-Mart looks to bump all workers’ pay above minimum wage.

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Oct 18, 2014 2:00:26 GMT -5 Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger said:

The US economy is the light shining through the darkness, any stimulus talk at this point should be taken with a grain of salt. There is no better time to move away from easing than when bonds are in high demand. The GDP report at the end of Oct is why Bullard made his comment.. Not because it's bad, but because there is no more need for QE. Especially since it's a mere 10 billion a month now.(I know it's a lot still in our terms, by a far cry from where it was.) JMO..

Correction possible, but QE end needed: Fed Fisher

Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard Fisher told CNBC on Monday that recent stock market volatility has not changed his outlook for ending the central bank's bond-buying program "one iota."

"We've been floating this market with the Ritalin of easy monetary policy," said Fisher, a noted hawk. He's a voting member this year on the central bank's policymaking committee, which was poised to completely exit quantitative easing after next week's meeting.

With the Fed pulling back its accommodation, Fisher said he "could see a [stock] correction taking place." he added in a "Squawk Box" interview, however, "the underlying economy is doing well," which necessitates the move.

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Further evidence that QE is not even close to causing hyper inflation, nor is it going to collapse the US economy.

Fed’s $4 Trillion Holdings to Boost Growth Beyond End of QE

Quantitative easing may turn out to be a gift that keeps on giving for the U.S. economy.

As the Federal Reserve prepares to end its third round of bond buying next week, the central bank plans to hang on to the record $4.48 trillion balance sheet it has accumulated since announcing the first round of purchases in November 2008.

That will continue to keep a lid on borrowing costs, helping the Fed lift inflation closer to its target and providing support to a five-year expansion facing headwinds abroad, from war in the Mideast to slowing growth in Europe and China.

Holding bonds on the Fed’s balance sheet limits the supply of securities trading on the public markets, which helps keep prices up and yields lower than they otherwise would be. That provides stimulus to the economy just as a cut in the Fed’s benchmark interest rate would, according to Michael Gapen, a senior U.S. economist for Barclays Plc in New York and former Fed Board section chief in charge of monetary and financial markets analysis.

“Preserving it will continue to support the economy,” Gapen said. “The Fed message is we think we’ve done enough to generate momentum and keep the economy on the right track. Now we’re going to wait and see how things go.”

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

While a couple of US econ numbers came in soft today, Manufacturers boost production to highest level in 10 years. This while manufacturing is struggling in China...

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

A quick update on my favorite topic..

When I started this thread I thought we could get through to the next stage of civilization without a global conflict - again I should have legend to some good people about Vlad P. So an interesting thing has popped up in the continuing Renaissance - how much of a disruption in the supply line this conflict will be.

A few stories on the adverse affects of the next stage, and how it will affect the general economy of the USA.

Thanks, JC.

-With disruption overseas, more manufacturers are reshoring in U.S.
-Reshoring To Boost Industrial Construction 7.8 Percent In 2015
-Why Stanley Black & Decker is re-shoring to the US

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

HSBC's China factory gauge shows weakness in April, cementing the fact that domestic demand in China is very weak. While numbers in the US and the UK are also terrible and reflect how weak the global economy is at this point, a long term tend has been broken in the state of American manufacturing. This fact shows the broader perspective on where we end up after the tribulating times that appear to be in front of us.

Record number of manufacturing jobs returning to America

Why is this significant? 2014’s net increase of at least 10,000 jobs was the first net gain in at least 20 years, Harry Moser, the Reshoring Initiative’s founder and president, told MarketWatch. “The trend in manufacturing in the U.S. is to source domestically,” Moser said. “With 3 [million] to 4 million manufacturing jobs still offshore, we see huge potential for even more growth.”

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Autos and airplanes are one thing - but it's news like below that have helped created the first net gain in manufacturing jobs in at least 20 years.

-Sourcing shifts: Is reshoring really happening?
-White Paper: Additive Manufacturing is Reshoring Jobs, But Can the Trend Continue?
-Gemini adds 6 plastic presses to meet expected sales growth

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Economics are definitely my bag...

Manufacturer spending on buildings saw record gain in May



Private outlays to build factories and other manufacturing structures hit a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $90 billion in May, up a whopping 70% from a year earlier. Both of those figures are records for the series, which goes back more than two decades, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

I have heard a lot about a lack of investment recently, however, the chart above factually proves otherwise. If fact, the resilience of the US economy in spite of the slowdown around the world is almost like history in the making - it's the American Renaissance!

-Kubota expands U.S. manufacturing operations
-The Cities Leading A U.S. Manufacturing Revival
-U.S.manufacturing stabilizes
-U.S. jobless claims lowest since 1973; leading index rises
-U.S. home sales approach eight-and-a-half-year high, prices surge

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Ya know, when you compare apples to apples, American Capitalism Isn't Broken After All

Oh, and how about that? The US economy is strengthening going into the second half..

Orders for US durable goods jump 3.4 percent in June

Overall demand for transportation goods increased 8.9 percent. Excluding this often volatile category, orders were up 0.8 percent in June, the best showing outside of transportation in 10 months.

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Chinese Investors Pouring Money Into Texas Real Estate

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

It's like the "lack" of investment and lending in the USA since the financial crisis of '08 has forced people to pay cash for things, aka SAVING up. It's almost like the majority of consumer spending - the single biggest factor in GDP - is primarily made up of basic necessities. In fact, it's almost like the US economy - the ONLY major economy that had accelerated GDP growth in the second half - ‎is running something akin to a "skeleton crew", which means that people just living their day to day lives is keeping it going.

In fact, the lack of lending and the stringent loan conditions is the biggest blessing there has been for the USA over the last six years. Now, as the rest of the world heads for problems, the US isn't facing a fresh financial crisis‎ because the only people that have been able to borrow money are the ones that can afford to.

Since we know for a fact that the collapse in oil prices has actually hurt the economy more that it has helped, just imagine what the GDP numbers are going to look like when things are firing on all cylinders. Oh, and since it's a fact that the world is heading to war, who's the biggest arms manufacturer in the world again?

Terminal decline? Doubtful. It's the American Renaissance - thanks JC.

U.S. GDP report puts Fed on track for September rate hike
Gross domestic product—the value of everything a nation produces—rose at a 2.3% annual rate from April to June...

......Consumer spending jumped 2.9%

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Jul 27, 2015 13:58:05 GMT -5 Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger said:

how about that? The US economy is strengthening going into the second half..

Factory Orders Rebound on Demand for Transportation Goods

New orders for factory goods in the United States rebounded strongly in June on robust demand for transportation equipment and other goods

US auto sales strong in July due to SUV, luxury demand

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

More GDP acceleration going into the busiest seasons of the year - back to school and the holidays!

Growth at US Services Firms Surges to Record in July

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

It went; watch out for 2013 because there is a 70% chance that it's going to lead into a 2014 stall. IF the 2014 stall happens(which it did) then we are heading towards a major Asian crisis in 2015 - which I underestimated because of PUTIN and a "global" conflict. So now 2015 is the year that the strength in the weakness starts shining through. That strength is the USofA, and it is being lead by the American Renaissance.

New research on the richest people in history reveals the secrets of the 1%

In 1991 there were about 270 billionaires in the world. Today there are more than 1,600, and 290 were added to the rolls in the past year alone. In other words, more people became billionaires in the past year than there were billionaires in 1991.

A skeptical person might say that’s further evidence the rich are getting richer. A positive, go-getting person would say, “It’s easier to become a billionaire than ever before.” And it is.

I’ve made a comprehensive study of the richest people in history and the present day, and found common ground in many of their wealth secrets, including:

An entire global economy built off of one.

Here’s the map of the world, if size were determined by market cap

The "skeleton crew."

Retail Sales Show Broad Gain as U.S. Consumers Spur Growth

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Ba da ba ba ba, I'm lovin' it!

-U.S. consumer confidence soars in August

Best Buy posts EPS of 49 cents, ex-items, vs. 34 cents a share estimate

The company also saw same-store sales rise by 2.7 percent last quarter and said its domestic revenue grew by 3.9 percent, compared to last year.

[tyfighter3]

2/3 of the people who walk around the US don't know or care if the World is falling to pieces around them. US company's are doing okay but we have a Valuation bubble that has to get inline with our growth. World collapse will hit here at home at sometime in the future. JMO

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

2/3 of the people who walk around the US don't know or care if the World is falling to pieces around them.

Honestly, that's part of the reason that NA is going to be the new "arc." The collapse will keep a lid on growth in the US for sure, but who supplies a lot of arms? How much extra will be needed? There is a reason that GDP grew during WW2... I think where it's going to hit home is the horror of it all. The videos the Islamic State is the tip of the iceberg. At one point I thought the idea of the world watching would have helped stop mass atrocities. It now looks like it will be awakening that the general North American population needs to get out of their slumber. Like how FUCKING good do we have it here, eh?

[tyfighter3]

You know it.

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Singapore's industrial production was worse than expected truly showing how weak China's economy is. Which is to be expected. Just like Europe is relying on sex and drugs to fudge their numbers and it's starting to show in places like Denmark, China's lies are staring to show up in their neighbors economies.

On the other hand, US Durable goods orders crushed expectations. Further demonstrating how the US economy is the strongest in the world right now - A.K.A. supporting world growth - and is also continuing to grow slowly into the end of the year.

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

I forgot to say , YES I was very happy when I read this; Business investment plays starring role in second-quarter GDP. Private money going to work.

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Ah yes, that record amount of investment in US manufacturing is starting to make sense!

Walmart Partners with Reshoring Initiative as Made in USA Gets Real

The Reshoring Initiative is partnering with Walmart to help retailers and suppliers manufacture more of their consumer products in the US. Walmart has committed to increase its purchases of US-made goods by $50 billion annually by January 2023. The Reshoring Initiative is a nonprofit group that promotes reshoring efforts in the US and globally.

In 2013, Walmart announced a program to buy $250 billion of US goods over ten years, but the initiative gained momentum with the second Made in USA Open Call by the world's biggest retailer on July 7-8 in Bentonville, Ark. The event was a repeat effort to increase the amount of US-made products the company sells at its Walmart stores, at Sam’s Club members-only wholesale outlets, and on Walmart.com. The company has created a US manufacturing website specifically designed to help its suppliers make the shift to US production.

The partnership with the Reshoring Initiative is designed to support Walmart's suppliers as they revamp their production to the US. The nonprofit has created a collection of resources that Walmart suppliers can use as they shift to domestic production.

With Walmart committed to a decade-long effort, the Reshoring Initiative calculates the overall impact of the retailer's program will be the addition of 300,000 manufacturing jobs in the US

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Crazy to think how "stupid" the idea of reshoring was just five years ago.

Chinese Build U.S. Factories, Bringing Tensions Along With Jobs

When Chen Mingxu was a boy, U.S. businessmen poured into rural China, welcomed with tax breaks and steamed turtle. Thirty years later, in a kind of reverse migration, Chen finds himself in southwestern Alabama smiling wanly over bacon-wrapped meatloaf and banana pudding.

Chen, who employs about 200 locals, manages the first U.S. factory built by Golden Dragon Precise Copper Tube Group Inc. with a $120-million investment in Wilcox, one of the poorest counties in Alabama. The state coughed up around $20 million, outbidding dozens of other cities and states hoping for the jobs and investments...

Last year, Chinese companies plowed $12 billion into the U.S., up from zero in the early 2000s, making it the fastest growing source of foreign direct investment in the country. Chinese-affiliated companies now employ more than 80,000 Americans, according to New York-based Rhodium Group, which tracks cross-border investment.

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

This is a huge sign of things to come. Stay

Manufacturing construction is surging even as sentiment sours

Manufacturing construction outlays rose 3% in October and jumped 40.5% over the last 12 months, and have averaged yearly increases of about 50% throughout 2015.

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Reshoring trend of moving operations back to U.S. gains steam

Seventeen percent of manufacturers are "actively reshoring," or moving operations back to the U.S., up from 13% in 2013, according to BCG's survey of 263 U.S. manufacturing executives in September.

What's more, the U.S. has surpassed China as the most likely destination for new factory capacity for goods sold in the U.S. Thirty-one percent of the executives with at least $1 billion in annual revenue said they're most likely to locate such facilities in the U.S. within five years, up from 26% two years ago. Just 20% would choose China, down from 30%.

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

When other politicians say something like: Trump Says He'll Get Apple to Manufacture Products in the U.S. it's kinda like... yeah, sure...

However, since, Trump is an actual business person with real world experience, I have some faith that he knows how to make this happen. Why? Simple. It's called "letting" Apple and other companies use offshore cash at home without taxing the crap out of them to get it here; as long as it's invested in production and training.

Apple isn’t really sitting on $216 billion in cash

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

In regards to post #244.. CAN RESHORING AND NEWSHORING REVIVE AMERICAN MANUFACTURING?

Answer: IT ALREADY IS!!

It's going to be very interesting to see how the last stages(two years?) of the Baby Boomer Bubble unfold. Stay

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Jan 27, 2016 20:07:42 GMT -5 Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger said:

When other politicians say something like: Trump Says He'll Get Apple to Manufacture Products in the U.S. it's kinda like... yeah, sure...

However, since, Trump is an actual business person with real world experience, I have some faith that he knows how to make this happen. Why? Simple. It's called "letting" Apple and other companies use offshore cash at home without taxing the crap out of them to get it here; as long as it's invested in production and training.

Apple isn’t really sitting on $216 billion in cash

Just another thing you heard hear first .

In fact, the above example is just one of many times over the years that this has been brought up.

How Apple could bring overseas cash home to help fix America’s crumbling infrastructure